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Package signing & detection/verification

Past due by over 4 years 91% complete

Security work funded by a gift from Facebook https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2018/12/upcoming-pypi-improvements-for-2019.html ....

(1) Cryptographic signing and verification of artifacts (PEP 458/TUF or similar) (2) Automated detection of malicious uploads (3) Further work on API tokens + multi-factor authentication, should the need arise (4) UI design aroun…

Security work funded by a gift from Facebook https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2018/12/upcoming-pypi-improvements-for-2019.html ....

(1) Cryptographic signing and verification of artifacts (PEP 458/TUF or similar) (2) Automated detection of malicious uploads (3) Further work on API tokens + multi-factor authentication, should the need arise (4) UI design around new features mentioned above (5) User adoption planning/design (6) Documentation.

PSF plans to do this work in the second half of 2019.

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